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| Cricket extravaganza |
| At last cricket is about to become an unpredictable game |
| The most surprising element about the draw made by the Board of Control for Cricket in India was that it was a complete surprise. It attracted the richest and the cutest Indians, but there was not a whisper that they were going to bid. Everyone who i... |
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| Mother courage |
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Sir — Although Bilkis Bano won her fight for justice after six long years, yet the verdict of the M ... |
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| Card tricks |
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Sir — I am a senior citizen having a savings account with HDFC bank, Gol Park branch. I noticed tha ... |
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| VERY FAIR |
| It seems increasingly possible to hope for a better Calcutta. That, perhaps, would be the first response of most citizens to ...|
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| EASY PREY |
| No excuses need to be given to the poor. Their children can be picked off the streets, slaughtered or battered to death, and ...|
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| IN THE REALM OF WORDS |
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The weather was wonderful, the sun shone crisp and warm, the décor consisted of strips of multi-coloured fabrics strung like ... | Read.. |
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| Devil and the deep blue pond |
| “Pukur aar kukur aajkal ek, bujhlen? Chhunlei jalatanko (A pond and a dog are the same these days, you see. Touch one and you’ll catch rabies),” says the senior officia... |
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| Grey thoughts in a green shade |
| Whenever I look back to my childhood days, I find them strangely suffused with a greenish glow. This verdant tint has a palpable quality to it that makes it impossible for me ... |
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Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
— BERTRAND RUSSELL
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